Lincoln's immediate ancestors -- Fourteen years in Indiana -- Removal to Illinois -- Six years at New Salem -- "The law and the lady" -- In politics and Congress -- State capital and eighth circuit -- Enters politics again -- The battles of the giants -- Widening renown -- Candidate for president -- As president-elect -- The journey to Washington -- At the helm of state -- Defiance, disaster, sorrow -- Lincoln and McClellan -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- "The burden and heat of the day" -- Lincoln and Gettysburg -- Lincoln and Grant -- Renominated, elected, inaugurated -- The end of the war -- Lincoln's last day -- The world in mourning -- Short sayings of Abraham Lincoln

Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography

Oakleaf, J. Lincoln bibliography

Lincoln copy 1, 2 and 9: Bound in cloth with gold embossed portrait and white lettering; frontispiece

Lincoln copy 1: Author's handwritten inscription on flyleaf: Sincere wishes for lifelong happiness and prosperity. Gerturde and Wayne Whipple, May 1912

Liincoln copies 1 and 2 have no imprint on T.p

Lincoln copy 3: Bound in marbled boards with leather spine and corners

Lincoln copies 4 through 8: Bound in cloth with gold lettering and gold engraved shield with Lincoln portrait and red and white striped background

Lincoln copy 4: Bookplate: The Lincoln Centennail Association, Springfield, Illinois

Lincoln copy 4: Note from half-title page: This edition of the Story-Life of Lincoln, by Wayne Whipple, was published especially for the Lincoln Centennial Association of Springfield, Illinois. It is limited to eight hundred copies..

Lincoln copy 4: Pages before the T.p. include the object statement for The Lincoln Centennial Association, lists of former guests of honor, officers, and members

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